Tag Archives: Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan zone has arrested one Akomolehin Johnson Olusesan, over visa racketeering. The suspect was arrested following a petition to the Commission on his alleged involvement in the issuance of fake Canadian visa to unsuspected members of the public. Eight of the victims have come forward to volunteer useful information to operatives of the ...

Police from State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) Panti-Yaba, Lagos, on Wednesday arraigned one Salami Oluwatobi Peter, who claimed to be Oba Osuolale Akiolu, the Oba of Lagos, over alleged N15 million fraud, The police alleged that the 27 years old and others now at large, had in the month of August, 2016, at 8, Olokonla Street, along Ajah, in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, conspired among themselves and ...

Justice (Professor) Chuka Obiozor, of a Federal High Court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Uju Peace Izuogu, and Richard Owegie, who were arraigned before the court over alleged N162 million fraud, in prison custody pending when their bail application will be heard. Uju and Richard alongside their company, Reoworld Enterprises Limited, were arraigned before the court by the anti-fraud unit of Nigeria Police ...

The trial of a cousin to former President Goodluck Jonathan, Azibaola Robert, his wife, Stella and their company, One Plus Holdings, continued before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 with a prosecution witness, David Nkpe, telling the court how some individuals and companies were alleged to have received payment from the ...

A manager of Zenith Bank Plc., Akanbi Oleyede and a businesswoman, Chidinma Okoro and who allegedly removed N1.2 billion over a period of time from a customer’s Zenith Bank account have arraigned at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos. The accused persons are facing a two-count charge of fraud and stealing. The Police Prosecutor, Insp. Peter Nwangwu, told the court that ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Lagos zone, this evening uncovered yet another large sum of suspected laundered money to the tune of N448,850,000 (Four hundred and forty eight million, eight hundred and fifty thousand naira) only in a shop at LEGICO Shopping Plaza, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos. The money stashed in several Ghana Must Go ...

In the ongoing trial of former Abia State Governor, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu over alleged N3.2 billion fraud, a Compliance Officer with Heritage Bank Plc, Mr. Adeniyi David Tunde, on Thursday, told a Federal High Court, how kalu’s Aide, Udeh Jones Udeogu and two others withdrew N714 millions from the Government House account with the defunct Spring Bank Plc using ...

A federal high court sitting in Lagos south west Nigeria has restrained Senator Stella Ada Oduah and Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Limited and his directors from making any withdrawal whatsoever from the account of the company and three other Limited Liability companies, Sea Shipping Agency Limited, Rotary Engineering Services Limited, and Tour Afrique Company Limited domicile with 21 commercial ...

Mr Ibrahim Magu, Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday told a committee of the House of Representatives that $9.2 million and 750,000 pounds were recovered from a residence in Kaduna state. Although he did not indicate precisely when the raid by EFCC operatives was carried out, NAN has learnt that the foreign money was recovered ...